A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Chepen in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 12:53:53 / June 14, 2016 @ 12:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.49 km (40 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:53:53 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -79.278° West, latitude -7.1368° South, depth = 64.49 km. Id of earthquake: us200064ec. Event ids that are associated: us200064ec.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Chiclayo (c. 577 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cajamarca (c. 135 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lambayeque (c. 43 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Picsi (c. 43 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Chepén (c. 42 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Zaña (c. 39 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Túcume, Mochumí, Santiago de Cao (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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